Stigma

Her Past

Alright, so this will be the last chapter for the past before the present. Enjoy~
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2 years had passed since Taehyung became a member of Jisoo's family. Despite Taehyung acting very coldly towarded Jisoo and the workers at the beginning. He was still very thankful for their care, something he longed for a very long time. They were all very nice towarded him and tried to make him as comfortable as they could. It fact, at some point of Taehyung's stay here, he has to admitted that living with Jisoo was much better than with his father. In his perspective, most of the maids, butler, and bodyguards here are normal, except for Jisoo. The latter can seemed to always amazed him with her weird behaviours, frequently laughing by herself at times, pronouncing weird words that she called it 'English', or even asked Jennie, a maid, for chicken almost every meal, explained the fact that there were many chickens at the farm that she claimed were her mom's.

Nevertheless, the point is that he was actually enjoying his life here. He wasn't abuse anymore, he got to go to a real school like every kid, even though it was homeschool but he's not complaining, the fewer people the less trouble for him. All he has to deal with most of the time is Jisoo. Maybe God has finally listened to his prayers and gave him a new family, just like the saying 'When a door close, another one will open'. However, he was still hurt somehow, the wounds are still there. Physical ones have been fixed, but not the ones in his heart. The nightmares were also still there but thankfully not as frequent as the first 2 years as it decreased over time.

Abruptly sitting up from the bed, hyperventilating while sweating bullets. Taehyung tried to calm himself down after witnessing the sight of his dead father on the ground that was flooded with blood. Not again..He thought. It was another one of those nights where the nightmares of his dead father coming back and haunted him. Sensing that he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep anytime soon, he decided to go get himself a glass of water. Grabbing his flashlight, he walked into the dark hallway trying to make his way to the kitchen. Chills soon ran up his spines as the cold breeze hited his cheeks along with the sound of sniffing when he reached downstairs.

What's that sound?

As curiosity got the best of him, he walked towards the origin of the sounds. It was then when he sees Jisoo sitting on the couch facing the windows crying. It was quite a surprising sight for Taehyung, Jisoo has never once cried before even when she broke her arm while trying to climb the tree to impress him. Wanting to know what was wrong, he spook up, "Hey,"
The shocked Jisoo turned her head toward his direction before facing the windows once again to wiped away her tears.
"T-Taetae, why are you still up?"
"I should ask you the same question,"Taehyung replied settling himself on the black leather couch next to the latter.
"Why are you crying?" He asked.
"A-ah no something just got into my eyes that's all." She replied while faking a smile.
"There's still some tears left in her eyes", Taehyung then pointed at her cheeks, the panicked Jisoo soon activated as she quickly wiped her own face before realizing that she was tricked.
"You're a bad liar"
Giving up Jisoo could only let out a sigh looking at the white carpet, shaking her head. "I-It's nothing much really, don't w-worry about it." Feeling that the latter needed some comfort. Taehyung's hands made its way to her back, patting it. They remained quiet for quite some time before Jisoo mumbled, "I miss them."
"Them?"
"My parents"

Now this question got him thinking, during his stay here, he only saw Jisoo's mother a couple of times but besides that she was usually nowhere to be seen most of the time, same goes to her dad. The only difference was that he never once meet her dad before.
"Do.. you know where they are?" Picked his own words carefully not wanting to hurt her feeling another further.
"I t-think my mom is attending a ceremony right now..somewhere, while my dad i-is" Jisoo couldn't finish her sentence as she was sobbed hard at this point.

Not knowing what to do Taehyung could only tried to calm her down, "Hey calm down, shhh you don't have to tell me."
Jisoo shook her head, "N-no it's alright, you deserve to k-know the truth." She calmed herself down for a couple of seconds before continuing the story,"My dad left me and my mom for another woman. He said he couldn't live without her and just left the house at midnight, leaving us ever since." That bastard, Taehyung mentally cursed. "The family soon got out of hand, so my mom decided to become a chef and joined multiples contestes. It turned out that she an amazing talent in cooking, I was very happy for her. Not until she started traveling around the world though, ever since then she have been neglecting me for her work leaving me all alone, but I get it...she can't be with me forever" She whispered the last sentence showing her insecurity.

Taehyung felt bad for the latter, never did he realized that she was just like him, walked in the path of loneliness with only a slight change that she was brave enough to put on a fake smile and believed that everything was alright even though it wasn't. She then proceed, "But...at least I have you by my side now" giving him a small sincered smile this time. Guilty was now eating him alive on the inside, after all this time Jisoo was able to put up a strong personality to cheer everyone up, while he was only keeping his secrets and gave many cold shoulders to the latter and everyone.

I guess it's time

Looking out of the window Taehyung took a deep breath and let it softly exhale his nose, it wouldn't be fair for Jisoo sharing her secrets while he doesn't. Making up his mind Taehyung started, "My mother died when I was 5, not long after that my father started abusing me and killed himself not long after that." As the two looked at each other simultaneously, one with a shocked expression while the other remained calm.
"Taetae..."
"I had once believed that I wasn't need anymore and was a burden to everyone" He said.
"You're not a burden," Jisoo then used her hands to hold Taehyung's cheeks. "You're my best friend, remember that."
He chuckled as he took her hands into his.
"Thank you."
"For?"
"For l-loving and caring me" Taehyung stuttered trying to hide his red face by looking side way. Jisoo's face softened before a big laugh escaped her heart-shaped lips as she does her signature psyduck pose.
"W-Whats so funny?"
"Haha, taetae you're so cute!"She replied while pitching his cheeks.
"St-stop it will you!"
"Araso araso, sori~" she cutely replied.
Turning his head sideway looking out of the windows, he then noticed the purple flower that was dominating the garden, as his curiousity got him again, he decided to ask the latter.
"Hey, why are there so many of those purple flowers? He pointed at the iris flowers.
"They are called Iris, representing hopes and faiths. I asked the gardeners to plan them because I hoped that everyone around me will stay by my sides and I will always try to be faithful to those people to do so." She answered as her chocolate eyes look into his black ones and asked, "Will you be one of those people, who will stay by my side Taetae?"
"If you stay by mine, then it is a deal" He smiled.
"Promise?"
"Promise."

Satisfied with Taehyung reply, Jisoo awarded him by giving him a big hug. "I'm glad to have you by my side then Taetae", she whispered. Cracking noises in the walls that were inside of Taehyung's heart was heard, the walls that Taehyung had been building for the past 4 years. It crumbled down like dominos just from a hug from her. It was warm, giving him a weird feeling in his stomach area as if butterflies were roaming around in it. Didn't want to leave Jisoo hanging, he hugged her back as he tried to ignore his fast beating heart.
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Hehe, next chapter will be present time, so Taehyung will be 19 years old, while Jisoo is 20 years old. (Sorry I forgot to include her age in the part 2 chapters) Other characters will soon make an appearance soon~ Anyway, hope you enjoying the story so far and have a nice day! Please comment!